The Royal Canadian Air Force says it’s focusing on a bird strike as the reason a Snowbird plane crashed in British Columbia last month.
A preliminary investigation report posted today says a close look at video footage of the plane just before the crash showed a bird very close to the plane’s right engine intake "during the critical phase of take−off."
The crash near Kamloops killed air force Capt. Jenn Casey, a public−affairs officer riding as a passenger, and seriously injured the pilot.
Though the plane crashed in a populated area, nobody on the ground was badly injured.
The Snowbirds were on a cross−country tour at the time of the crash, performing over cities and towns to try to raise morale a little amid the COVID−19 pandemic.
The air force’s report says the investigation will continue to probe the possibility of a bird strike and whether the Tutor jet’s escape devices worked properly.
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